GROW LOG :

After soaking the seeds for 24 hours in a solution of tap water, with an additional couple drops of bleach (to guard against fungus), I placed them into a wet paper-towel, between two dinner plates, to hold in humidity (ziplock bags work well, also) ? then, placed into a warm, dark cabinet ? germination came about almost immediately with the Motarebel Killa Queens, an indicator of their freshness, I believe ? the White Widows opened within another 24 hours ? after germination, the seeds were placed taproot-down, with about ¼? of soil for a cover, and lightly tamped down (the emerging seedlings need some struggle in their early lives, this makes them strong and hardy, and it helps them shed their shells better ? Mother Nature can be cruel sometimes) ?

TIP: I tried using ??Fox Farms Ocean Forest?? potting soil, since it is highly recommended as the finest soil available ? unfortunately, I wasn??t aware it tends to be too rich for seedlings, (some strains handle it better than others, evidently) ? although the pH is neutral, as desired, it is just ??too hot??, and it killed off quite a few of my valuable seeds and seedlings, something that has never happened to me before ? switching to a cheap, everyday potting soil immediately remedied that situation ? when transplanting to a larger pot, I will be using the ??Fox Farms Ocean Forest?? soil again, throughout the remaining grow, as it really is an outstanding soil ?





Day 1 / Sept 20 ? the germinated seeds were placed into 4? clay pots of ??Whitney Farms?? potting soil, an everyday ??mild soil??, to which I added a good portion of coarse, washed sand, and more Perlite ? this provides for a good, loose soil, with excellent drainage ? placed under a large CFL lamp (85watts/500) to sprout ?

Day 14 / Oct 3 ? placed into my cabinet with a 400-watt, fan-cooled high-pressure Sodium lamp, with plenty of distance, to be easier on the tender seedlings ? this particular bulb is an ??EYE Hortilux? bulb, that came with my lamp setup ? the lamp supposedly has a bit of ??blue?? spectrum balancing in it, for good vegetative growth, but my research indicates it is probably no better than the standard, cheap ($13) sodium lamps ? furthermore, the lamp warehouse informs me, they have inferior results with the ??EYE?? brand (a Japanese import) ? they claim a very sub-standard lifespan with these bulbs, so be aware, if ordering ? I use www.1000bulbs.com as my sources ?



Photo: Day 14 seedlings

Day 18 / Oct 7 ? snipped the growing shoot of the NL99 plants, (FIM??d), as they tended to benefit greatly from topping, in my last grows ? not sure how the Killa Queen and White Widow adapt to topping, so I will wait awhile on those ?
roadcam Reviewed by roadcam on . starting a "Combo" Grow Log ... I'm more well known as 'the image reaper', but I have recently taken the nickname I am known by, everywhere else on the Web ... this time around, I will have a mixed crop ... I started 3 Motarebel 'Killa Queen 2006' seeds, two Dutch Passion 'White Widow' seeds, and I have two rescued Joey Weed 'NL99' plants to throw into the mix ... I keep my grow journals in a "Word" document, so I expect I will have to just grab bits and pieces of the document for pasting here ... I will update it as Rating: 5